ILRI’s Jimmy Smith on farm animal diversity for more sustainable and...
Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), this week made a short presentation at the annual meeting of the Food Forever Initiative held in Wilmington,...
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(Clockwise from top left): Students visit ILRI’s Mazingira Centre to learn about livestock and environment research (photo credit: ILRI/Dorine Odongo); some of the state-of-the-art greenhouse gas...
View Article#ThrowbackThursday Video—Misku and Gebremichael’s stories
Don’t miss these two superb and VERY short videos describing how new ideas in animal husbandry are transforming Ethiopian incomes, animal pastures and livestock livelihoods. Misku’s Story A 40-year...
View ArticleA tribute to Jean Ndikumana, a ‘gentle giant’ in African livestock research...
Jean Ndikumana at a 2010 stakeholders meeting of the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Zerihun Sewunet). The board, directors and staff of the...
View ArticleILRI 'eWeigh' mobile phone app to help farmers accurately estimate live...
One of the most important and revealing attributes of livestock is their live weight. This single measurement can help farmers effectively manage their stock and is critical for making informed...
View ArticleNew project to improve agricultural productivity in Zimbabwe
Cattle at a livestock market in Ukambani, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan). A new European Union-funded ‘Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe’ (LIPS-Zim) project is working to increase...
View ArticleNew alliance for better dairy animal nutrition in Kenya will work to advance...
Lilian Satia, a young dairy entrepreneur in Nakuru, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Georgina Smith). Yesterday (7 Sep 2020) the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and four partners—Bidco Land...
View ArticleRemembering Michael Blümmel
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Michael Blümmel, a principal scientist and deputy program leader in the feed and forage development program at the International Livestock Research...
View ArticleUpdated CGIAR feed database provides best-cost livestock feed rations for...
Fifty three new accessions of Napier grass received at Forage Genebank, ILRI, Addis Ababa from EMBRAPA, Brazil (photo credit: ILRI) An updated CGIAR livestock feeds database for sub-Saharan Africa is...
View ArticleFrom framework to implementation: ILRI Impact at Scale program publishes...
The Impact at Scale (I@S) program of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has published the ‘Scaling Readiness report and scaling plan for training and certification approach for...
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